Tag Archives: Security

Security post at the private home of the impeached Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, was yesterday evening demolished by a team from the Government House, Benin and Edo State Ministry of Roads and Bridges. Members of the demolition team, backed by fully-armed policemen and operatives of Edo State Security Network, pulled down the structures with a bulldozer at ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has tasked Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to rise and stem the rising insecurities bedeviling the state. PDP chairman Babatunde Mohammed while inaugurating the ratified members of the party’s executive members in Ilorin, yesterday lamented the sudden drift of the “state of harmony to state under the siege of bandits and cult gangsterism.” According ...

Ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has expressed deep concern at the wave of insecurity in the three states. Consequently, the commission has again appealed to political parties and their candidates to avoid actions and utterances capable of heating up the polity. “The commission is concerned about ...

The Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has given the assurance that there will be adequate security as the governorship election draws near. He said this on Wednesday when his re-election campaign train visited Ibokun, Obokun Local Government Area of the State. In his words, “We have been working on adequate security for this election and we will ensure that every life ...

Charles Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the November governorship election in Anambra State, has said that accused politicians are responsible for the ongoing security crisis in the State. He noted that Andy Uba, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the governoship election might have a better explanation as to why the security situation ...

The Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr Ahmed Audi, has disclosed the security measures being put in place by the agency ahead of Anambra governoship election scheduled for November 6. According to him, personnel from Kogi, Ekiti, Ondo, and Benue States have been placed on standby, in case there is the need for reinforcement for poll. He added ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on security agencies to ensure the arrest of the killers of Ahmed Gulak, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Gulak, a chieftain of the APC was shot and killed by some gunmen on Sunday in Owerri, Imo State. However, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), ...

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the security challenges Nigeria is facing is linked to politics, most especially 2023 elections. The Minister stated this in Abuja at the APC National Secretariat when he spoke with journalists on Thursday. “I think most of the problems are politically motivated. “So, we must use our binoculars to be ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on  security agents to fish out perpetrators of weekend attacks in Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Anambra and Rivers States. The national ruling party also demanded sponsors of the vicious attacks be made to face the full wrath of the law to restore confidence in the system, The charge was made by the Secretary ...

The former Governor of Zamfara State Governor, Abdul’aziz Yari has warned the state government not to politicise security challenges in the state. He made this statement on Monday in Talata Mafara, headquarters of Talata Mafara Local Government Area of the state, NAN reports. He called on the PDP-led State Government  to collaborate with the federal government in tackling the menace ...